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JOHN BLASZCZYK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MUD-GUARD.

Specification o! Letters Patent. Patented Dee. 2'7, 1910.

Application filed March 28, 1910. Serial No. 5151 859..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BLASZOZYK, a subject of the Czar of Russia, and a resident of the city ofNew York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Mud-Guards, of which the 1 specification.

The present invention relates to an attachment for motor vehicles known as the mud guard to protect persons ridingin the vehicle from mud and water thrown outwardly by the centrifugal action from the front and rear wheels.

As far as known, the mud guard is usually attached to the body of the vehicle and, since the front wheels of the vehicle are necessarily arranged in such a manner that their position relative to the longitudinal axis of obvious that the mud guard must arranged a s bstantial distance above the peri" hery of he wheel, and cannot cover the si e of the wheel. It will be observed that thus mud andwater is splashed sideward upon'the passersby and the frame of the vehicle 5 in other words the mud guards heretofore in use serve only to protect the persons occupying the car.

It isnow the object of the present invention to provide a mud guard for motor vehicles, and t 1e like, obviating the serious defeets of the constructions heretofore in use.

With this and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the .novel constructi n, arrangement and combination of parts ereinafter fully described,

pointed out in ,the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in theform, size, arrangement and construction of the parts without departin from the spirit or trated in the accompanying drawings, in wh ch Figures 1 and 2 are side elevations of the front and rear wheels, respectively, with the improved mud guard in place thereon; Figs. 3 and 4 are side elevations of said wheels and their axles and mud guards of the sides opposite to that. shown in Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the device shown in Figs. '1 and 3; Fig. 6 is a front elevation ollowing is a sacrificing any of the a vantages-of the invention, which 15 111115- "lhese sleeves nates one of the rent wheels of the vehicle,

which ismounted in the usual manner u on the spindle 11, fixedly attached to the pivot pin 12,'the latter being rotatably mounted in the forked end 13 of the front axle14.

The mud guard is indicated at 15, and comprises a, preferably, sheet metal member arranged concentrically with the riphery of the wheel,the front side 16 and the rerr side 17 bein bent inwardly toward the center of the vidieehpreventing' thus the water and mud from being thrown sideward. The rear side 17 extends farther inward than the front side 16 and rotects thus efi'ectivel the vehicle frame and body. The rear si e 17 of the mud guard is provided with a substantially horizontal extension 18 to which is attached a downwardly dependin resilient sheet 19, preferably of rubber, or still further protection of t e vehicle.

The mud lard is connected u on the rear and' front sides with the spind e 11 of the wheel, so that it will be shifted with the latter as the vehicle is steered. The connection upon the rear side of the mud guard comprises a brace ,20, which is attached by means of a screw bolt 21, or other suitable fastening means, to the mud guard, and by bolts 22, 22 to the pivot pin 12. The brace is provided with .a row of holes 23, to,be engaged by thescrew bolt 21 and allowin thus of an adjustment of the mud guar relativetothe center of the wheel. connection upon the front side of the wheel comprises a ring 24, which is attached to the hub ring 25 of the wheel and extends sideward, encircling the hub of the wheel, and bein" provided with an annular groove 26. In this groove is seated a supporting ring ,27, made united by screw olts 27 means. This supporting ring carriesa -plurality of sleeves, for instance in the case illustrated two pairs 28, 28 and 29, 29. may be fixedly attached to or made integral with the su porting ring halves 27, 27; each ring half carrying two of the-same in line with each other. sleeves 28, 28 are engaged by a rod 30 passing through the same, and being detachably or other fastening fastened at its upper end at 30' to the front side 16 of the guardand at its lower (endrefcrably of two halves,

The I i The to a brace 31, which is detachably mounted at 31 upon the guard and runs in a substantially horizontal line toward and beyond the center of the wheel. The sleeves 29 are in a similar manner engaged by a rod 32, the lower end of which is attached at 32' to the brace '31, while its upper end engages a brace 33, detachably secured at 33 to the ard. The brace 33 is provided with enarged portions 34 and 35, having holes therein in engagement with the rods 32 and 30. To keep the brace in engagement with the rod32,,the upper end of this red is screw threaded. and mesheswith a nut 36.

In order to lubricate the'annular contact-l" ing surface-- between the rings 24 and 27, oil grooves 2.6 are provided in the groove 26, to which lead oil holes 27 in communication with a supply .of lubricating material.

Referring now more articularly to Figs' 2 and 4, the numeral denotes one of the rear wheels. of. the vehicle, provided with a mud guard 38, similar in construction to that illustrated in VFi s. 1 and-3, with the exception that the} ormer extends over almost three-fourthsof the periphery of the wheel and is provided upon its rear face 39 with-a brace 40, attached by means of the splin -clips 41, 41 to the rear axle 42, and by a olt 40' to the guard. The means arranged uponthe front side of the Wheel for connecting the guard with the. axle are substantially the same as the one described in connection with the front wheel.

In use, first,.the ring 24 is attached to the hub rin 25. The supporting ring halves' 27 are t en seated in the groove 26 of the ring 24, the rods 30 and 32 engaged with the sleeves 28 and 29, respectively, the braces 31 and 33 brought into engagement. with and attached to the rods, whereupon the guard is fastened to the. rod 30 and the braces 31'and 33, and finally the brace upon the re'arside of the wheel attached to the pivot pin 12 or the axle 42, as the case may be.

If it is desired to remove the guard'from the wheel in. order to repair or, clean the same, only the screw bolt 21 or 40 is disengaged with the braces upon the rear side of the wheel, and the separable fastenings 30, 33 and 31 loosened, whereby the guard can be taken off the wheel.

What I claim is:

'1. In a mud guard for vehicle wheels, the combination with an axle, of a wheel rotatably mounted thereon, a concentric plate member for covering part of the periphery of said heel and extending at both sides inward toward the center thereof, a brace at v the other side of tached at one end to one side of said memwith a groove, a supporting ring seated in said groove and carrying a plurality of substantially vertical sleeves, rods engaging said sleeves, and braces attached'to the other side of said plate member and to said rods;

2. In a mud guard for vehicle wheels; the

combination with an axle, of a wheel rota tably mounted thereon, a concentric late member for covering part of the perip ery of said wheeland extending at both sides inward toward the center thereof, a brace ,a-ttached at one end to one side of said member and at its other end to said axle, a ring fastened to the hub of saidwheel provided ,with a groove, a supporting ring-seated in said groove and carrying a plura ity of substantlally vertical sleeves, rods engaging said sleeves, and braces detachably attached to said plate member and to said rods. i

3. In a mud combihation with an axle, of a wheel rotatably mounted thereon, a concentric plate member forlcoverin'g part of the periphery of said wheel a-nd exten'ding at both sides inward toward the center thereof,- a brace adjustably attached at one .end to one side of said member and at its other end to said axle, a ring wheel provi ed with a groove, a supporting ring seated in said groove and carrying a plurality of substantially vertical sleeves, rods engaging said sleeves, and braces atguard for ,vehicle' wheels, the

fastened to the hub of saidltached to the other side of said plate member and-to said rods.

4. In a mud guard for vehicle wheels, the

combination with an axle, of a wheel rotatably mounted thereon, a concentric member for covering part of the perip ery of said wheel and extending at both sides inward toward the center thereof, a brace adjustably attached at one end to one side of said member and at its other end to said axle, a ring fastened to the hub of said wheel provided with a groove, a supporting ring seated in said groove and carrying-a plu-.

rality of substantially vertical sleeves, rods engaging said sleeves, and braces detachably attached to the other side 'of said plate member and to said rods.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 12th day of March, A. D. 1910.

JOHN BLASZCZYK. Witnesses:

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